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 Duration 21 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Grafana and Prometheus

  • Architectural overview and real-world use cases
  • Installation and configuration of Prometheus and Grafana
  • Understanding exporters and the Prometheus query language (PromQL)

Data Source Integration

  • Establishing the connection between Prometheus and Grafana
  • Integrating with Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Loki
  • Leveraging JSON, CSV, and external API plugins

Dashboard Development

  • Creating and importing custom dashboards
  • Utilizing various panel types: graphs, tables, heatmaps, and stat visualizations
  • Building reusable templates with variables and filters

Advanced Querying and Data Transformation

  • Writing and optimizing complex PromQL queries
  • Applying transformations, mathematical operations, aliases, and derived fields
  • Consolidating multiple data sources into a unified view

Alerting and Notification Management

  • Defining alert rules and threshold conditions
  • Configuring Alertmanager and setting up receivers (email, Slack, webhooks, etc.)
  • Managing alert silences and grouping strategies

Performance and Scalability

  • Optimizing dashboard performance and caching mechanisms
  • Scaling Prometheus via federation and long-term storage solutions
  • Best practices for data retention and disk management

Access Control and Collaboration

  • Establishing users, roles, and team structures
  • Configuring permissions and secure sharing protocols
  • Implementing version control and dashboard provisioning

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience with system monitoring or DevOps toolsets
  • Proficiency in Linux environments and command-line interfaces
  • A solid grasp of time-series data and fundamental networking concepts

Target Audience

  • System and network administrators
  • DevOps and site reliability engineers
  • Teams dedicated to monitoring and observability

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